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Things are heating up on the EV front as Ontario premier Doug Ford is calling on Premier David Eby to drop B.C.’s EV mandate. Ford says the targets are making Canadian auto manufacturers less competitive, while acting as an inter-provincial trade barrier. Blair Qualey, president and ceo of the New Car Dealers Association of BC,...

On Thursday in North Bay, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said anyone who complains about the planned schedule of the returning Northlander train “needs to get their heads shaken a bit.” The return of the service is a key component of the Ford government’s commitment to invest $70 billion in public transit across Ontario.

At an announcement of the return of the Northlander train in North Bay, Ontario, on Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized what he claimed was “ridiculous” spending by school boards across Ontario; highlighting trips to Italy, purchases of artwork, and late night orders of “hamburgers and milkshakes.”

Asked if he supports Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s vision for an expansion of Toronto Island’s Billy Bishop Airport to include jets, Prime Minister Mark Carney said “It’s a shared jurisdiction and we’re engaged in discussions with the province of Ontario… It’s a very interesting vision, big possibilities there.”

On the eve of delivering this year’s provincial budget, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday his government will give all home buyers purchasing a newly built home a break on HST.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford offered condolences Monday morning for the lives lost in the Air Canada jet that crashed into a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the B.C. and Quebec governments to get rid of their electric vehicle sales mandates. Angela Jung reports.

New NDP leader Avi Lewis addressed provincial backlash, saying that Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Conservative Pierre Poilievre “don’t get along at all” and “I don’t know that they ever talk, but they battle in the media and the conservative party staggers on day after day, week after week.” Addressing concerns raised by Saskatchewan NDP...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his decision to restrict access to information laws in Ontario. On Tuesday, he said his government was “transparent” but cabinet and personal cell phone conversations “should not be FOI-able.”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking British Columbia to drop their electric-vehicle sales targets, saying they are making the country less competitive. An Abbotsford teen is serving a driver’s licence suspension after being found guilty of a long list of driving offences.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he sent a letter to Quebec Premier Francois Legault and Premier David Eby in B.C., asking those leaders to remove rules in their province for vehicles to “hit certain emission caps and all the environmental stuff” so Canada can compete with manufacturers from “the south of the border.”

The Ontario government is moving to limit the use of transparency legislation, excluding all ministers and their staff from freedom of information requests. As Colin D’Mello and Isaac Callan explain, it’s a move with implications for Premier Doug Ford and his cellphone.

A pro-Palestinian demonstration for Al Quds Day outside the U.S. consulate in Toronto has gone ahead despite Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s efforts to block it. The day was declared 47 years ago by the Iranian regime in support of Palestinian people, but Jewish groups argue it glorifies terrorism and antisemitism. Sean O’Shea reports on the...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was asked on Monday about how exempting himself and his cabinet from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws make his government more transparent and accountable, Ford said in his view, they are “doing exactly what the federal government is doing and what the other provinces are doing.” Ford added “It’s 40...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford addressed the media on Tuesday following a shooting at the U.S. consulate in Toronto.

After Premier Doug Ford threatened to ban a pro-Palestinian demonstration from gathering in Toronto Saturday, organizers of “Al Quds Day” rally say they haven’t received a notice of any court proceedings, and so their rally will go through as planned. Meanwhile, some are worried that an injunction would infringe on Canadians’ right to free speech....

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday that elementary school teachers will be getting $750 purchasing cards starting in the next school year for classroom supplies. Collin D’Mello has the details.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized Canada’s criminal justice system and its bail reform laws. “We need to make sure we’re putting the rights of victims ahead of criminals,” Ford said at a Monday press conference. The premier stated “How about the Charter Rights of victims? Criminals are out on the streets repeating, and repeating ,and...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford condemned the “cowardly attacks” on Ontario’s Jewish community after two Toronto-area synagogues were struck by gunfire over the weekend. Ford said those responsible would be held “accountable.”

Tensions are mounting over the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has choked off a fifth of the world’s oil supply. President Donald Trump has renewed his call for nations to send warships to keep the strait open. Meanwhile, the U.S. carried out a strike on a critical oil hub off Iran’s coast....